Dena Bachman Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston Area

At StoryArc Media, we create fun, engaging, interactive experiences that light up kids’ faces and brains. Every day and all around the world, kids enjoy our online games, mobile apps, books, and more, including Poptropica, Funbrain, Galactic Hot Dogs, and Mystery of the Map.http://www.storyarc.media/Working at StoryArc allows me to combine my passion for software development with my natural creative instinct. Direct and oversee the project management group to ensure IT… Show more At StoryArc Media, we create fun, engaging, interactive experiences that light up kids’ faces and brains. Every day and all around the world, kids enjoy our online games, mobile apps, books, and more, including Poptropica, Funbrain, Galactic Hot Dogs, and Mystery of the Map.http://www.storyarc.media/Working at StoryArc allows me to combine my passion for software development with my natural creative instinct. Direct and oversee the project management group to ensure IT programs and projects meet organization goals and requirements. Develop and implement processes and policies, direct project management staff, and work with other department leaders to define, prioritize, and develop projects and programs. Show less

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for the production, delivery and quality of all custom advertising units across all StoryArc products for clients including but not limited to: Disney, Tootsie Roll, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network, Capri Sun, American Girl, Lego, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House and Fox. StoryArc Products:Poptropica, a virtual world for kids to travel, play games, compete in head-to-head competition, and communicate safely. Kids can also read books, comics, and see movie clips… Show more Responsible for the production, delivery and quality of all custom advertising units across all StoryArc products for clients including but not limited to: Disney, Tootsie Roll, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network, Capri Sun, American Girl, Lego, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House and Fox. StoryArc Products:Poptropica, a virtual world for kids to travel, play games, compete in head-to-head competition, and communicate safely. Kids can also read books, comics, and see movie clips while they play.www.poptropica.comFunBrain is the #1 site for online educational games for kids of all ages. (math, grammar, science, spelling, history)www.funbrain.comTeacher Vision: High school, middle school and elementary lesson plans online. With ideas for great children's activities and classroom management advice.https://www.teachervision.com/Funbrain Jr. ("A Fun Place to Learn") helps preschoolers and kindergarteners jumpstart their journey of learning with engaging games, stories and printables.http://www.funbrainjr.com/Family Education: Links to articles, tips, and expert advice on every aspect of parenting. You'll find advice on education and learning, suggestions for parent-approved entertainment, and tips for handling the many life issues encountered in raising your child.http://www.familyeducation.com/ Show less

Greater Boston Area

I had the pleasure of working with a fantastic author and illustrator to put together this smart and hilarious comic strip. The Poptropica comic strip follows the hilarious adventures of two mismatched boys, Oliver and Jorge, who unexpectedly find themselves in a strange world of endless islands, each inhabited by it’s own unique residents. Frankensteins, dinosaurs, balloon animals, penguin pirates, the boys come across anything and everything as they pop from island to island looking… Show more I had the pleasure of working with a fantastic author and illustrator to put together this smart and hilarious comic strip. The Poptropica comic strip follows the hilarious adventures of two mismatched boys, Oliver and Jorge, who unexpectedly find themselves in a strange world of endless islands, each inhabited by it’s own unique residents. Frankensteins, dinosaurs, balloon animals, penguin pirates, the boys come across anything and everything as they pop from island to island looking for a way to get back home. Read now at http://www.funbrain.com/comics/poptropica/index.html Show less

Greater Boston Area

 Effectively managed 40 + geographically dispersed team members consisting of technical and non technical members in a matrix organization. Project goal was to create and deploy an accessible and customizable video streaming player for both professional and student created videos. Managed integration with 3rd party vendor who provided underlying infrastructure and internal project team who built APIs to call streaming services.  Established a communication plan that supports communication… Show more  Effectively managed 40 + geographically dispersed team members consisting of technical and non technical members in a matrix organization. Project goal was to create and deploy an accessible and customizable video streaming player for both professional and student created videos. Managed integration with 3rd party vendor who provided underlying infrastructure and internal project team who built APIs to call streaming services.  Established a communication plan that supports communication efforts between onshore and offshore project team members to ensure that the entire team is provided clear and correct information in a timely manner.  Transitioned waterfall projects to the Agile methodology and then trained fellow project managers, engineers, product stakeholders and testers on how to execute the agile principals successfully.  As member of the PMO board, I developed project metrics reporting that was adopted by and used by the Project Management Office for use group wide.  Recognized by CTO for improving engineering productivity by eliminating impediments and automating manual efforts.  Resourceful and flexible to facilitate the process of scope definition and feature prioritization with product management and pitching in to help Quality Assurance in executing test cases to ensure quality product to production. Show less

Bath, Me

 Created and implemented complex project definitions, schedules, budgets, and objectives for a large sized (2.5 million +) and multiple projects of high complexity. Determined need for and impact of changes in scope. Gained concurrence, approval, and consensus from stakeholders regarding the various project aspects Identified appropriate resources and staff projects. Organized project team(s) members to ensure communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives. Acted… Show more  Created and implemented complex project definitions, schedules, budgets, and objectives for a large sized (2.5 million +) and multiple projects of high complexity. Determined need for and impact of changes in scope. Gained concurrence, approval, and consensus from stakeholders regarding the various project aspects Identified appropriate resources and staff projects. Organized project team(s) members to ensure communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives. Acted as the point of contact to client's project management.  Managed costs, schedules and quality by overseeing project deliverables. Ensured schedule and budget are met. Identified need for change, determines course of action and revise as appropriate. Oversaw the ongoing review of project(s) status; identify risks. Developed, recommended and implemented risk mitigation solutions and implemented as appropriate.  Worked in conjunctions with team members and stakeholders to anticipate and manage changes to projects encompassing technical requirements, business requirements and schedule.  Managed client project management, company management and project team expectations for agreed upon project performance by obtaining and providing project metrics.  Managed client expectations and balances the needs of company and client to ensure satisfaction for relevant parties.  Prepared and recommend operating and personnel budgets for approval. Monitored spending for adherence to budget, recommended variances as necessary. Show less

Greater Boston Area

 Managed development and testing effort of complex web based sales and service platform for Progressive, Prudential and AAA independent agents.  Responsible for tasks through life-cycle phases including analysis, development of requirements, time lines, software testing and implementation.  Served as the divisional adviser on all information systems issues by analyzing business needs, incorporating regulatory changes, re-engineering processes, performing trend and competitive… Show more  Managed development and testing effort of complex web based sales and service platform for Progressive, Prudential and AAA independent agents.  Responsible for tasks through life-cycle phases including analysis, development of requirements, time lines, software testing and implementation.  Served as the divisional adviser on all information systems issues by analyzing business needs, incorporating regulatory changes, re-engineering processes, performing trend and competitive analyses, facilitating marketing efforts, expense reduction initiatives and strategic planning. Show less

 Developed overall strategic direction for Subscription Management System (SMS), which generated over $1.8 million in direct consumer sales yearly.  Managed product requirements including creation, vetting, scheduling, prioritization and communication to stakeholders. Developed use cases designed to illustrate the needs of business units in support of product requirements. Collaborated with Human Factors group to incorporate usability enhancements into product… Show more  Developed overall strategic direction for Subscription Management System (SMS), which generated over $1.8 million in direct consumer sales yearly.  Managed product requirements including creation, vetting, scheduling, prioritization and communication to stakeholders. Developed use cases designed to illustrate the needs of business units in support of product requirements. Collaborated with Human Factors group to incorporate usability enhancements into product releases. Assisted publishing group clients to devise access control strategies for their premium online content and maintain data integrity in the databases.  Trained business units, customers and international technology sales teams on product releases. Directed continual process improvement by following company standard software development life-cycle.  Managed internal team meetings, with agenda, appropriate participation, and management of action items/deliverables. Show less

Worcester, Ma

 Managed testing effort of $2 million project replacing outdated legacy system. Efforts included 7 testing resources and 15 developers cross-site for this project. Reported to Sr Project Manager for Legacy system replacement.  Assigned to Commercial Umbrella System Replacement Project as lead to regain control of renegade project that had failed to meet crucial deadlines. Succeeded at producing accurate time estimates, scheduling, delegating and follow through of tasks. Managed… Show more  Managed testing effort of $2 million project replacing outdated legacy system. Efforts included 7 testing resources and 15 developers cross-site for this project. Reported to Sr Project Manager for Legacy system replacement.  Assigned to Commercial Umbrella System Replacement Project as lead to regain control of renegade project that had failed to meet crucial deadlines. Succeeded at producing accurate time estimates, scheduling, delegating and follow through of tasks. Managed difficult personalities to develop cohesive relationship to get maximum results from testers & developers.Accomplishments: Recipient of the Allmerica Appreciation Award 2003 and 2004 Show less

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

International Business

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